posted at 10:01 pm on April 24, 2013 by Mary Katharine Ham

Family Research Council (FRC) officials released video of federal investigators questioning convicted domestic terrorist Floyd Lee Corkins II, who explained that he attacked the group’s headquarters because the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) identified them as a “hate group” due to their traditional marriage views.

“Southern Poverty Law lists anti-gay groups,” Corkins tells interrogators in the video, which FRC obtained from the FBI. “I found them online, did a little research, went to the website, stuff like that.”

The Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard reported that Corkins, who pleaded guilty to terrorism charges, said in court that he hoped to “kill as many as possible and smear the Chick-Fil-A sandwiches in victims’ faces, and kill the guard.” As Bedard explained, “the shooting occurred after an executive with Chick-Fil-A announced his support for traditional marriage, angering same-sex marriage proponents.”

Southern Poverty Law Center still lists Family Research Council as a hate group. I’m against icing political speech by holding such a list responsible for the actions of crazy criminals. But then, I’m not one of those who was sure Sarah Palin’s crosshairs were responsible for the shooting of a Democratic Congresswoman and the deaths of six staff and constituents, despite copious evidence to the contrary— like, that the shooter had never seen the Palin map and was demonstrably not motivated by partisan politics. That crowd is awfully quiet about the influence SPLC’s dubious list might have on the future unbalanced. Curious, that.

A security guard subdued Corkins in the lobby of the Family Research Council in August after he pointed a pistol at the man. Corkins fired three shots, and the guard was the only one wounded. Corkins, who was carrying nearly 100 rounds of ammunition and 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches, later told authorities that he had planned to kill as many people as possible and then to smear the sandwiches on their faces as a political statement.

And yet this will not be enough for the left. They can’t seem to connect the dots when they are connected for them when it comes to things that look bad for their liberal causes, but they always jump to conclusions in order to smear and besmirch the right. Isn’t that strange. Sigh.

Corkins, who was carrying nearly 100 rounds of ammunition and 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches, later told authorities that he had planned to kill as many people as possible and then to smear the sandwiches on their faces as a political statement.

But then, I’m not one of those who was sure Sarah Palin’s crosshairs were responsible for the shooting of a Democratic Congresswoman and the deaths of six staff and constituents, despite copious evidence to the contrary— like, that the shooter had never seen the Palin map and was demonstrably not motivated by partisan politics.

Or what about the FACT that Jared Loughner supported Ho Chi Kerry (D) in 2004?

he attacked the group’s headquarters because the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) identified them as a “hate group” due to their traditional marriage views.

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Southern Poverty Law Center still lists Family Research Council as a hate group.

Any individual or group who holds a Biblical view of homosexuality will be labelled a “hate group”, or guilty of “hate speech”, and leftist terrorists like Floyd Lee Corkins II will be out to kill you.

I’m not one of those who was sure Sarah Palin’s crosshairs were responsible for the shooting of a Democratic Congresswoman and the deaths of six staff and constituents, despite copious evidence to the contrary— like, that the shooter had never seen the Palin map and was demonstrably not motivated by partisan politics.

Citing a Southern Poverty Law Center report as evidence that extremism is on the rise, the Army Reserve presentation blames ‘the superheated fears generated by economic dislocation, a proliferation of demonizing conspiracy theories,the changing racial make-up of America and the prospect of 4 more years under a black president who many on the far right view as an enemy to their country.’

Waiting for their OFA/DNC checks and talking points to come in the mail?

Midas on April 24, 2013 at 10:26 PM

Naw you missed Armin saying that he would rather deal with progressives than religious zealots(right wing of course), because at least progressives would agree that limited government is a good thing..

Is a video of Floyd Lee Corkins admitting his exact motivations enough to connect the dots in this case?

Nah. Christophobia, bigotry, and intolerance aren’t to blame.

Obviously, he was oppressed by a society founded by old, rich, white men, victimised by institutional racism & heterosexualism, suffered permanent brain damage as a result of concussions sustained playing FFF ([email protected] football), brainwashed by NRA propaganda, body-snatched by Holden Caulfield, traumatised by seeing Mormon missionaries on bicycles, and discriminated against by his parents, who refused to give him a Malibu Barbie Beach House for his 12th birthday.

…body-snatched by Holden Caulfield, traumatised by seeing Mormon missionaries on bicycles, and discriminated against by his parents, who refused to give him a Malibu Barbie Beach House for his 12th birthday.

Obviously, he was oppressed by a society founded by old, rich, white men, victimised by institutional racism & heterosexualism, suffered permanent brain damage as a result of concussions sustained playing FFF ([email protected] football), brainwashed by NRA propaganda, body-snatched by Holden Caulfield, traumatised by seeing Mormon missionaries on bicycles, and discriminated against by his parents, who refused to give him a Malibu Barbie Beach House for his 12th birthday.

sorry I am late! who knew smuggling Saudi nationals out of the country before Beck/A. Jones/Drudge get on to us would be so time-consuming! and here I thought Benghazi was a tough cover-up to pull off, whew!!!

What is political discourse these days? The SPLC doesn’t operate much differently than the DNC as far as going overboard on their assessments of conservative organizations and their motives. In fact, our president is hoping for a reaction similar to this, although without the gun I suppose, where people standing in long lines or their children shut-out of a White House tour, pick up their pitchforks and march on their Republican Congressman’s office. They believe their overboard actions and rhetoric will have the desired result and who cares how divided the country is?

And, so far as I’ve seen, Corkins was NOT charged with any hate crime enhancers.

Which means hate crimes laws are bull. Corkins all but said he hated the people at the FRC (and elsewhere) and intended to kill many of them, but he’s in a special group so the hate crime enhancer doesn’t apply.

And, so far as I’ve seen, Corkins was NOT charged with any hate crime enhancers.

Which means hate crimes laws are bull. Corkins all but said he hated the people at the FRC (and elsewhere) and intended to kill many of them, but he’s in a special group so the hate crime enhancer doesn’t apply.

englishqueen01 on April 25, 2013 at 7:58 AM

Exactly.

“Hate Crimes” are defined by the left and only applied to the right. Forget equal protection under the law.

You can’t even satirize the Left anymore – because they are just simply so…

I can’t even think of the word…

*sigh*

catmman on April 24, 2013 at 10:12 PM

I’m pretty sure the word you’re looking for is EVIL. If not, it should be, because that’s what they are.

And re that jab on the other thread about walling off the Bible Belt, as a resident of same, I will gladly donate to the building fund, so long as we can boot the leftists that have infiltrated back out first, starting with every last one with an Obama sticker on the car.

If this was someone who attacked an abortion clinic, a gay bar, or shot at a spotted owl this would still be headline news. It will be buried deeper by the mainline/government press because the Southern Poverty Law Center has become entangled. Can you imagine an America where a group that promotes traditional family values is seen as a “hate” group?